{"id":223351,"date":"2025-09-13T10:47:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T10:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/223351\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T10:47:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T10:47:13","slug":"mother-of-woman-shot-killed-in-south-loop-fight-wants-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/223351\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother of woman shot, killed in South Loop fight wants justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mother of a woman who was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/woman-shot-killed-fight-chicago-south-loop\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">shot and killed during a fight in the South Loop<\/a>\u00a0Monday wants justice for her daughter.<\/p>\n<p>The family of 31-year-old Romeca Meeks-Blackmon attended a vigil for her on Friday in West Englewood.<\/p>\n<p>Surrounded by family and overwhelmed with grief, her mother, Tina McMiller, said she&#8217;s heartbroken after losing her daughter to gun violence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The love she showed everybody, y&#8217;all showed it all back,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Hurt, sadness, and broken hearts were expressed on a memorial board posted at the vigil outside Englewood STEM High School.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are here to support an amazing baby,&#8221; said Meeks-Blackmon&#8217;s cousin, Ciardra Bays.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, McMiller called for an end to gun violence and for the state to enforce the Illinois Health Reform Act from 2021, which includes mental health resources.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want justice,&#8221; McMiller said. &#8220;She didn&#8217;t deserve it. It&#8217;s not right, I don&#8217;t care what you did. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Meeks-Blackmon had just dropped off her son at school near Cermak Road and State Street, when police said she got into a fight with another person, who pulled out a gun and fired it, hitting Meeks-Blackmon in the face.<\/p>\n<p>She was rushed to Stroger Hospital, where she died.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I ask that you give us strength. Give us strength father, for every one of us, because we&#8217;re going to need it in this moment,&#8221; Bays said.<\/p>\n<p>Her mother said Meeks-Blackmon was a kind, loving, and sweet mother. Now McMiller is left with raising her grandson.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I need y&#8217;all to pray for my baby. He has shut down. He don&#8217;t want to be around nobody,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the person taken into custody after the fatal shooting has been released without charges. Her family is eagerly seeking justice.<\/p>\n<p>Balloons bearing her nickname, Big Meeks, were released among thousands of pink, white, and silver balloons at the vigil.<\/p>\n<p>\n        More from CBS News\n      <\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/search\/author\/shardaa-gray\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shardaa  Gray<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Shardaa Gray is a Multimedia Reporter for CBS 2 Chicago. She joined the team in December 2021. She was born and raised in the south suburbs. 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